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DWD Canada publishes Annual Report 2023
The report opens with the reality that 2023 has been an overwhelmingly challenging year; due to…
Election 2024 Update
Election 2024. The Lib Dems have included this pledge in their Manifesto commitments. ‘Give Parliament time…
Assisted Dying for Terminally ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Overview About this call for evidence – please read before progressing The purpose of this call…
‘We’ve done it’: ACT passes VAD law
Terminally ill Canberrans will have access to voluntary assisted dying in late 2025 after the ACT…
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Members Bill by Liam McArthur MSP Introduction Currently in Scotland assisted dying is illegal, a situation…
Assisted Dying in Scotland: As a New Parliamentary Bill is Launched, Time to Bust 5 Myths
The proposed Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill launched on Thursday 28th March 2024. The Bill proposes allowing…
Jersey approves plans to allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults
Legislation expected to be brought by end of 2025, with service for residents in place by…
Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter faces an ‘impossible decision’ on whether to break the law and help her terminally-ill mother take her own life or to leave TV legend to ‘die alone’ at an assisted death clinic in Switzerland
Dame Esther Rantzen‘s daughter has implied she may choose to break the law to aid her mother…
“Poll couldn’t be clearer” majority support assisted dying law change in Jersey
The majority of islanders support the legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey according to new research seen exclusively…
FATE will be attending
World Federation of Right to Die SocietiesInternational Conference Dublin, September 20-21 2024 Welcome to Ireland End…
Woman having assisted death calls for UK law change: ‘The closer it gets, the more peaceful I feel’ (Guardian Newspaper 14/5/24)
A British woman who will have an assisted death next week in New Zealand where she lives has…
The BMJ – A new bill could legalise assisted dying in Scotland
Charles Warlow, emeritus professor of medical neurology, trustee of Friends at the End (FATE) In 2009,…
Urgent support
We support people facing the end of life and promote choice at that time; we don’t provide information about methods of ending life. For urgent support, Samaritans are on 116 123, free, day or night. Breathing Space is on 0800 83 85 87. For questions about your own care, your GP or palliative care team is the right first call.